Nursing Education 2.0: YouTubeTM

摘要: PERHAPS WE CAN BLAME IT ON MY BEING SNOWED IN, but I recently discovered YouTube(TM) and began to contemplate its potential impact on nursing education. There is a lot of controversy surrounding trash YouTube, this social phenomenon that cannot be ignored by educators. As you will see here in future columns, my intention focus Web 2.0 tools how we can begin use them transform build off five themes (Web as networking medium, digital natives, Net generation, visual literacy, thinking outside the box) develop notion Nursing Education - is, emerging technologies way education offered. HERE IS HOW INTEREST IN YOUTUBE GOT STARTED. received an email asking me if had seen video titled "Introducing Book" (aka "The Medieval Help Desk") at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek. Produced Norwegian Broadcasting television channel for show "Oystein & Meg" (Oystein I), 2001 video, with English subtitles, marvelously funny. It about new technology called book. An end user, who puzzled skeptical using book replacement scroll, calls technical support person him open close turn pages. reassures user text not lost, was LOL (laughing out loud). WATCHING THIS VIDEO, started think it might used course "Human Computer Interaction Design." also reflect natives their preferences multimedia learning, faculty adopt ways teaching, prepare generation nurses electronic health records clinical decision practice. What Is YouTube? According website, "YouTube place people engage sharing, commenting on, viewing videos." "started personal sharing service, has grown into entertainment destination watching more than 70 million videos site daily." YouTube "is building community highly motivated watch share videos" through web experience (www.youtube.com/t/about). part Internet usergenerated content one "You" described Time's Person Year article (1). what Newsweek describes "putting Web" (2). The Educause Learning Initiative refers application "allows users post tag videos, those posted others, comments threaded discussion format, search keyword or category create participate topical groups" (3). Higher Why would user-created important higher education? First, remember students now entering hallowed halls are grew up world most comfortable technology. If want explore tool adjunct your classroom online teaching environments. For example, do tech-savvy learners submit projects they have created instead traditional papers? This far-fetched idea. follow Pew American Life Project, numerous reports teenagers, adults, seniors Internet. study teen creators consumers, "57% teens That amounts half all ages 12-17, 12 youth. These Content Creators report having done following activities: blog; work webpage; webpage school, friend, organization; original such artwork, photos, stories, online; remix found creation" (4). …